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The upstate amusement park Storytown U.S.A., now known as the Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom, has been a part of our cultural experience for over sixty years.  And thanks to the visionary genius of Charles R. Wood, this park has made countless children and parents happy.  Trust me.  Any man who can bring The Comet…

I am a major fan of the 1970’s Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning TV shows of the 1970’s.  Land of the Lost, The Bugaloos, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, all of those. And that includes H.R. Pufnstuf. If you’re too young to remember H.R. Pufnstuf, the show aired on NBC for two seasons, and…

I have a great affinity for televised period dramas.  Whether it’s British aristocracy dramas like Upstairs, Downstairs or Downton Abbey, war dramas like Tour of Duty or Homefront, speculative fiction like Murdoch Mysteries or The Wild Wild West, or 60’s retro reviews like American Dreams or Love Child, I enjoy using my television as a time-travel device…

They are the only three things you can count on in this world. You know where this is heading. You know what this entails. Time Warner Cable, the entertainment service provider monolith whose logo bears a striking resemblance to the Egyptian symbol of Osiris, has announced yet another rate-jack for January 2016.  Of course, they…

There are television shows that, for all intents and purposes, aren’t supposed to survive.  These are shows that scream “I’m going to get cancelled and there’s nothing I can do about it!” And somehow, a musical comedy farce about a brave knight who tries to rescue his maiden fair – and gets caught in all…

This is true.  About two decades ago, Saturday evenings at my home were dedicated to Comedy Central’s most popular program at the time; a television show that goofed on the worst motion pictures of all time.  It was almost as if you and your friends were the only ones in the theater, and the films…

This is a message to Time Warner Cable, my second-favorite cable service provider (all the others are tied for first): Your days are numbered, bunky… Your days of promotional rates that vanish in a heartbeat are numbered… Your days of bugging me to bundle my cable and internet service with a phone service I’ll never…

It’s 1985, and three anthology programs are now part of the prime time lineup.  There’s a revival of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, where new episodes are filmed with wraparound introductions by Alfred Hitchcock himself (taken from old episodes and colorized).  There’s a revival of the Twilight Zone, featuring awesome new stories from modern science fiction scribes.…